ラジオ英会話 Lesson 006 but① 逆行のフロー
レッスンのポイント 今回は but。and の「順行」とは対照的な「逆行」のフロー。
Today’s dialog
大学から実家に戻ってきているレンが母親と話しています。
Ren: Mom, your beef bowl is the best! It’s so much better than the one they serve in my college cafeteria.
Mom: I’m glad you like it. We ran out of red pickled ginger, though.
Ren: No ginger, huh? That reminds me of my new English teacher, Onishi-sensei.
Mom: Really? Why?
Ren: Well, I like my new teacher but hate his jokes.
Mom: Why does having no ginger remind you of his jokes?
Ren: He always says “No ginger“ when he means shouganai!
英訳練習
本日のテキストを英訳してみましょう。文章をクリックすると英文例が表示されます。
Mom, your beef bowl is the best! It’s so much better than the one they serve in my college cafeteria.
I’m glad you like it. We ran out of red pickled ginger, though.
No ginger, huh? That reminds me of my new English teacher, Onishi-sensei.
Really? Why?
Well, I like my new teacher but hate his jokes.
Why does having no ginger remind you of his jokes?
He always says “No ginger“ when he means shouganai!
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY ～文法と語彙を確認しましょう～
比較級の協調・one
It’s so much better than the one they serve in my college cafeteria.
リポート文
I’m glad you like it.
ABSORB THE FLOW!～英語の流れを身につけましょう～
I like my new teacher but hate his jokes.
She never studies but always passes the tests easily.
He may have excellent qualifications, but he’s not a good teacher.
I’d like to start by proposing an intensive sales campaign.
Yes, but we’ve tried that before with limited success.
CREATE THE FLOW! ～英語の流れを作り出しましょう～
but を使って逆行のフローを作り出しましょう。
I like skiing, but I prefer snowboarding.
He may be rich, but he’s incredibly stingy.
Yeah, but I need more time to think about this.
WORDS & PHRASES
beef bowl 牛丼
run out of … ～を使い果たす、切らす
pickled 酢漬けにした
ginger ショウガ
remind ～ of … ～に･･･を思い出させる
qualification 資格・能力
limited 限られた、有限の、わずかな、狭い
prefer より好む
incredibly 信じられない
stingy ケチ